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Darinka Simic-Mitrovic

Serbian author and composer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Darinka Simic-Mitrovic (born February 19, 1937) is a Serbian author, composer[1][2] and music educator.[3]

Biography

Simic-Mitrovic was born in Belgrade. She earned a degree from the Music Academy in Belgrade in 1962, where her teachers included Emil Hajek and Predrag Milosevic. After graduating, Simic-Mitrovic taught piano at the Music School Josip Slavenski, where she received the 1964 April 4 Award of the Federation of Students. In 1967, she began working as a music editor at Radio Belgrade.[4] She married Mirosav Mitrovic in 1975 and they had two daughters.[3]

Simic-Mitrovic is a member of the Composers’ Association of Serbia.[5] In addition to composing music, she wrote a book about Serbian theatre, and contributed to a history of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade. Her works have been published by Radio Beograd and Zvonik.[6] They include:

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Books

  • A Sentimental Story of Serbian Theatre[6]
  • Da Capo all’Infinito: Half a Century Since the Founding of the Belgrade Symphony Orchestra and Choir of Radio-Television Belgrade (with Slobodan Atanackovic and Sveta Lukic)[6]

Chamber

  • Sonata (violin and piano)[4]
  • Igre (dances; bassoon and piano)[4]

Vocal

  • Gradinar (song cycles; mezzo-soprano and piano; text by Rabindranath Tagore)[4]
  • Vrati Mi Moje Krpice (song cycle; two sopranos, violin, flute, harp and cello; text by Vasko Popa)[4]

References

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